After a series of delays, Microsoft plans to release Office for Mac 2008 to brick-and-mortar and online stores on January 15, making this the first update in about four years. We've tested beta versions of the new applications over the last month without running into glitches.

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Mark Hamburg, the second engineer to work on Adobe Systems' Photoshop and a leader of the Lightroom software project, is headed to Redmond.

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Research which pitted Windows PCs against Macs found that Vista works better on a Mac.

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New Zunes are due in November in the U.S. but there's no word, yet, on whether they're heading to Australia.

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Microsoft has posted a flash-based site previewing Office 2008 for Mac OS X, outlining the following features, along with Microsoft's descriptions:

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Microsoft has pushed back the release of Office 2008 for Mac, from the second half of this year to next January because it wasn't satisifed with the product.

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Free image-browsing app is intended to show what is possible on the mobile platform, but where is the Windows Mobile version?

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Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has released its first update to Office 2008 for Mac, fixes that should boost stability and performance in some areas, while closing some security holes.

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Ever since the release of the iPhone developer kit, software companies everywhere have been trying to figure out just what they might be able to bring to the device -- and that includes Microsoft.

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Office 2008 for Mac may be the best pick for business users, but most people can get by with less expensive alternatives.

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